# http://mercurial.selenic.com/bts/issue1306 Initialize remote repo with branches: $ hg init remote $ cd remote $ echo a > a $ hg ci -Ama adding a $ hg branch br marked working directory as branch br $ hg ci -Amb $ echo c > c $ hg ci -Amc adding c $ hg log changeset: 2:1630aed6ed2b branch: br tag: tip user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: c changeset: 1:234f53e6c5ff branch: br user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: b changeset: 0:cb9a9f314b8b user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: a $ cd .. Try cloning -r branch: $ hg clone -rbr remote local1 requesting all changes adding changesets adding manifests adding file changes added 3 changesets with 2 changes to 2 files updating to branch br 2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg -R local1 parents changeset: 2:1630aed6ed2b branch: br tag: tip user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: c Try cloning -rother clone#branch: $ hg clone -r0 remote#br local2 requesting all changes adding changesets adding manifests adding file changes added 3 changesets with 2 changes to 2 files updating to branch default 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg -R local2 parents changeset: 0:cb9a9f314b8b user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: a Try cloning -r1 clone#branch: $ hg clone -r1 remote#br local3 requesting all changes adding changesets adding manifests adding file changes added 3 changesets with 2 changes to 2 files updating to branch br 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg -R local3 parents changeset: 1:234f53e6c5ff branch: br user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: b